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HSK
however; but; yet
HSK 4
underground / subterranean / covert
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *膜* | 膜* | *膜
membrane / film
HSK 6
to crane one's neck / to await eagerly / to lead / to show the way
HSK 7-9
involuntary / automatically
HSK 7-9
a crane in a flock of chicken (idiom); way above the common / manifestly superior
HSK 7-9
red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis)
HSK 7-9
to lift (sth heavy) using a crane or other mechanical means
Mediterranean Sea
membrane / film / CL: 層|层
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鹤* | 鹤* | *鹤
crane
waiting on tiptoes and craning one's neck (idiom) / to look forward eagerly / to long for / also pr. [qiao4 zu2 yin3 ling3]
gantry traveling crane
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *唳* | 唳* | *唳
cry of a crane or wild goose
hoist / crane / elevator
(bird species of China) black-necked crane (Grus nigricollis)
meninx / meninges / membranes lining the brain
Yellow Crane Tower in Wuhan City, built in 223, burnt down in 1884, rebuilt in 1985 / favored place of poet sages, who in legend arrived riding golden cranes / Tang poem by Cui Hao 崔顥|崔颢, with theme 'the past will never return' / one of three famous pagodas in China along with Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓|岳阳楼 in Yueyang, north Hunan, and Tengwang Tower 滕王閣|滕王阁 in Nanchang, Jiangxi
tower crane
external plasma membrane
eardrum / tympanum (of the middle ear) / tympanic membrane
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *冗* | 冗* | *冗
extraneous / redundant / superfluous / busy schedule
White Crane Ridge at Fuling, Sichuan on the Changjiang River, that used to show above the water at dry periods, with famous carvings
(bird species of China) Siberian crane (Leucogeranus leucogeranus)
synovial membrane / synovium
lit. wind sighing and crane calling (idiom) / fig. to panic at the slightest move / to be jittery
Tarsus, Mediterranean city in Turkey, the birthplace of St Paul
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鹳* | 鹳* | *鹳
crane / stork
eardrum; tympanic membrane
conjunctiva (membrane surrounding the eyeball)
periosteum (membrane covering bone)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *竦* | 竦* | *竦
respectful / horrified / to raise (one's shoulders) / to stand on tiptoe / to crane
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *嘹* | 嘹* | *嘹
clear sound / cry (of cranes etc)
improvisation (in the arts) / impromptu / extemporaneous
serosa / serous membrane (smooth moist delicate membranes lining body cavities)
eardrum / tympanum (of the middle ear) / tympanic membrane
myelin sheath (membrane surrounding axon of nerve cell)
lit. to burn zithers and cook cranes / fig. to waste valuable resources / to destroy wantonly beautiful things
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *莩* | 莩* | *莩
membrane lining inside a cylindrical stem / culm
Phoenicia, ancient civilization along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea
bird mentioned in ancient texts, resembling a crane
subterranean / underground
Cui Hao (-754), Tang dynasty poet and author of poem Yellow Crane Tower 黃鶴樓|黄鹤楼
Yueyang Tower, famous beauty spot in Yueyang, north Hunan, overlooking Dongting Lake 洞庭湖 / one of three famous pagodas in China along with Yellow Crane Tower 黃鶴樓|黄鹤楼 in Wuhan, Hubei and Tengwang Tower 滕王閣|滕王阁 in Nanchang, Jiangxi
to die / to fly on a crane
to ride a crane (as a Daoist adept)
tripod / derrick crane
cell membrane
(chemistry) mass transfer (as observed in processes like evaporation, distillation and membrane filtration)
arising involuntarily (idiom); spontaneous / to spring up unbidden (of emotion)
sinus (anatomy) / subterranean passage
mucous membrane
Tengwang Tower in Nanchang, Jiangxi / one of three famous pagodas in China along with Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓|岳阳楼 in Yueyang, north Hunan, and Yellow Crane Tower 黃鶴樓|黄鹤楼 in Wuhan, Hubei
to fly on a crane / to die
(bird species of China) common crane (Grus grus)
microporous membrane
happen unexpectedly / turn out contrary to one's expectations
(Internet slang for 然而) however
nasal mucous membrane
membrane which covers a hole in a flute and produces a buzzing tone
lit. to ride a crane to Yangzhou (idiom); to get an official position
intranet
(bird species of China) hooded crane (Grus monacha)
a flower in a cage, a crane in a basket (idiom); prisoner
(bird species of China) demoiselle crane (Grus virgo)
to recover speedily (idiom); to get better quickly
a tower crane
to transport by crane / to convey
basal plasma membrane
(bird species of China) sandhill crane (Antigone canadensis)
(zoology) nictitating membrane
inflammation of membrane / membranitis
(bird species of China) sarus crane (Antigone antigone)
crane
(bird species of China) red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis)
crane / hoist
to take sth as given / to assume / as one would expect / naturally
(saying) to know that it is so but not why it is so
come trippingly
intranet / company-internal network
extranet / company-external network
crane shot / boom shot (photography)
Ceyhan (Turkish Mediterranean port)
inner membrane
intranet
brucellosis (undulant fever or Mediterranean fever)
to stand on tiptoe and crane one's neck (idiom); fig. to yearn for sth
to crane one's neck / (fig.) with one's neck outstretched in expectation
with a grunting sound it stops (idiom); to come to an end spontaneously (esp. of sound)
extemporaneous thoughts noted down after a visit
sound producing object (soundboard, vibrating string, membrane etc)
(bird species of China) white-naped crane (Antigone vipio)
Baihequan (Fujian White Crane) martial art form
nictitating membrane (zoology)
to wear out (clothes) / to pierce (a membrane etc)
rice paper / membrane of glutinous rice, used to wrap sweets etc
paper crane
Rhodes, Mediterranean island
hole in the body of a musical instrument, covered with a membrane which produces a buzzing tone

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